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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what is dean's reaction to Annie's writing?
(a) He doesn't read her writing.
(b) He criticizes it.
(c) He is indifferent about it.
(d) He commends it.

2. How does Annie's mother respond when Annie asks for support during the pregnancy?
(a) She doesn't give any.
(b) She offers to move to Lodin.
(c) She sends Annie a train ticket.
(d) She sends a check.

3. Who helps Carl get a job at the rare book room?
(a) Carl does it himself.
(b) The dean.
(c) The grocer.
(d) Annie.

4. How does Carl react when he feels the baby move for the first time?
(a) He gets excited.
(b) He becomes worried.
(c) He cries.
(d) He screams.

5. How does Annie feel when Carl sells back his textbooks in Chapter 18?
(a) She doesn't care.
(b) Upset.
(c) Confused.
(d) Excited.

6. Why does Carl start smoking a pipe?
(a) To save money.
(b) To look older.
(c) To relieve stress.
(d) To please Annie.

7. How does Annie want to spend the five dollars Carl earns in Chapter 20?
(a) On new clothes.
(b) On food.
(c) On a baby carriage.
(d) On going out to eat.

8. Who does Carl befriend in Lopin?
(a) The principal.
(b) The high school math teacher.
(c) The new coach.
(d) The mailman.

9. Who dies shortly after Carlton is born?
(a) The funny nurse.
(b) Aggie.
(c) The bookstore owner.
(d) The university grocer.

10. How does Annie feel when Carl asks to borrow her alarm clock?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Nervous.

11. Why does Carl debate having more children with Annie?
(a) The possibility that they will move around a lot.
(b) The financial strain.
(c) The work.
(d) The trama it put Annie through.

12. What book does Annie buy and read in Chapter 18?
(a) Dubliners.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) Atlas Shrugged.

13. What does Annie do when she runs out of money for food?
(a) Finds a second job.
(b) Asks her mother for money.
(c) Cashes out her bank account.
(d) Pawns her jewelry.

14. How does Annie feel about Carlton's birth announcement in the local paper?
(a) Excited.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Upset.
(d) Confused.

15. What does Carl do after being denied work at the lamp factory?
(a) He pawns his watch.
(b) He asks his mother for money.
(c) He takes out a loan.
(d) He begs the owner for a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers Carl about Annie calling the baby "hers"?

2. What does Mr. Byrd say he is doing when he meets with Annie in Chapter 20?

3. How does Carl feel about his time after the birth of Carlton?

4. In Chapter 19, why does Carl miss a check at the factory?

5. What does Annie say they can use as a bassinet for the baby?

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